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1. G. Jiaviim (Crantz.): stem glabrous; cauline leaves clasping, pinna- 

 tifid ; floral ones repand ; pod roughened with tubercles. — " Crantz, ft. Anslr. 

 2. p. 141"; DC. prodr. 1. ;;. 122. G. luteuni, Smith, Eng. hot. t.8; 

 Pursh ! fl. 2. p. 365. 



On the coast of Virginia & Carolin.'x, Pursh; & on the banks of the Poto- 

 mac ! Introduced. June-July. — Radical leaves large, bipinnatifid, pubescent 

 on both sides with short hairs. Calyx bristly. Petals large, bright yellow. 

 Capsule 6-9 inches long. 



7. CHRYSEIS.* Lindl. hot. rcg. t. 1677. 



Eschscliolzia, Cham. ; DC. (not Elsholtzia, Willd.) 



Torus dilated, salver- form ; limb expanded. Sepals 2, cohering by their 

 edges, forming a mitre-shaped calyx, which is separated from the torus when 

 the petals expand. Petals 4, inserted into the throat of the torus. Stamens 

 numerous, adhering to the claws of the petals. Stigmas linear-filiform, ses- 

 sile, commonly 4, two of which are shorter and abortive (sometimes 5-7, of 

 which 2-3 are abortive). Capsule pod-shaped, cyUndrical, 10-ribbed, 10- 

 striate, with 2 parietal placentae opposite the smaller stigmas. Seeds glo- 

 bose, reticulated. — Annual glaucous herbs, with a colorless juice having the 

 odor of muriatic acid. Leaves 2-3-pinnatifid, with linear segments. Pe- 

 duncles 1-flowered. Flowers yellow, showy. 



1. C. Californica (Lindl.) : stem branching, leafy ; torus obconic ; calyx 

 ovoid, Avith a very short abrupt acumination ; petals bright yellow with an 

 orange spot at the base. — Lindl. I. c. Eschscholzia Californica, Cham.; Nees, 

 hort. Berol. <^ Bonn. p. 73. t. 15; Cham, d^ Schlecht. in Linncea, 1. p. 

 554; Lindl. hot. reg. t.ll68 ; Hook, in hot. mag. t. 2887, ^ Ji. Bor.-Am. 1. 

 p. 34. 



California ! Oregon ! & N. W. Coast. Flowers in cultivation 2 inches or 

 more in diameter. — This species and C. crocea are now common in our gar- 

 dens. 



2. C. crocea (Lindl.) : stem branching, leafy ; torus funnel-form, with a 

 much dilated limb ; calyx obconic, with a long acumination ; flowers orange- 

 yellow. — Lindl. I. c. t. 1677. Eschscholtzia crocea, Benth.! in hort. trans. 

 (2. ser.) 1. p. 407 ; Brit. ft. gard. (2. ser.) t. 299. 



California, Douglas I — Flowers as in the preceding species (the orange 

 color apparently not entirely constant). Stigmas sometimes 5-7! Pod 2 

 inches long. 



3. C. ccBspitosa (Lindl.) : stems short, leafy at the base ; segments of the 

 subradical leaves linear, somewhat dilated and cuneiform; peduncles elongat- 

 ed, erect ; torus tubular, with scarcely any limb ; calyx attenuate at the apex 

 into a long acumination. — Eschscholtzia caespitosa, Benth. I. c. 



California, Douglas. — Flowers considerably smaller than in the preceding 

 species. Benth. 



* We follow Lindley in discarding the name Eschscholzia {or Eschscholtzia as it 

 has commonly been written,) for this genus ; there being an older and generally admit- 

 ted genus dedicated to the father of the Dr. Eschscholz (or raiher Elsholtz) who 

 accompanied Chamisso in RonianzofV's voyage, and whom this genus commemo- 

 rates. 



